For over 10 years, The Carrot Project has worked with farm and food businesses in New England and the Hudson Valley, supporting their successes by helping them build the financial management skills to help their businesses thrive.

Significantly increase the number of successful small farm and ag businesses resulting in a meaningful increase in the local production of food in the Northeast. We help to launch small farm and ag businesses and support their growth towards profitability, a crucial factor to business viability.

We want the farms and businesses that we work with today to be here in 5, 10, and 50 years from now. Their success is the foundation of a strong local food economy.

FIVE YEAR GOAL

Support 5,000 farms with innovative financing, business training programs, and leadership to train and increase the number of agricultural businesses and skilled advisors. Our programs in New England and the Hudson Valley are divided into three categories:

For Service Providers: Peer networking and learning to train the trainer with the goals of improving service providers’ skills and strengthening the support network for entrepreneurs

For Sector Development: Increase understanding of the importance of business training to moving toward economic viability for agricultural businesses.

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MISSION

Foster asustainable and diverse food system by supporting ecologically- and financially-sustainable small and midsize farms and food processors by expanding financing available to them and increasing their ability to use it.

We work towards this goal, of helping to build the farm and food system, by addressing the most important gapsin financing and business management services that prevent small and midsized farms and food processors from economic viability and expansion.

IMPACT REPORTS

Download our annual Impact Report, a story in graphic form of our organization and some of the amazing farm and food businesses with whom we work.﻿